European Payments Council

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Period: 08 Jan 2007 - 20 Jan 2025

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EPC selects Swift for the EPC Directory Service

The European Payments Council (EPC) is pleased to announce the start of the delivery project for the EPC Directory Service (EDS), after selecting Swift as supplier for the development and operations of the EDS and after signing an agreement at the end of 2024.

EPC issues RFP for API Test Toolbox for verification of payee

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EPC issues RFP for API Test Toolbox for verification of payee

The European Payments Council has issued a request for proposal (RFP) for an API Test Toolbox for the Verification of Payee scheme.

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EPC launches call for interest in verification of payee routing and/or verication mechanism

The European Payments Council (EPC) launches today a call for interest inviting organisations to express their intention to offer services as a Verification of payee (VOP) scheme-compliant Routing and/or Verification Mechanism (RVM) in the EPC VOP scheme.

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European Payments Council publishes 2025 payment scheme rulebooks

The European Payments Council (EPC) has released the five rulebooks for its 2025 payment schemes, along with the associated Implementation Guidelines (IGs).

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Montenegro and Albania join Sepa payment schemes

Today the European Payments Council (EPC) Board has approved the inclusion of Montenegro and Albania in the geographical scope of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) payment schemes.

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European Payments Council updates API security franework and VOP specifications

The European Payments Council (EPC) has officially released the updated Application Programming Interface (API) security framework aimed at bolstering the security-related requirements for participants in the Verification Of Payee (VOP), SEPA Request-to-Pay (SRTP), and SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA) schemes.

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EPC publishes Verification of Payee Scheme rulebook

Following a public consultation on the proposed Verification Of Payee (VOP) scheme rulebook and the proposed European Payments Council’s (EPC) recommendations for the matching processes under the VOP scheme rulebook, the EPC is launching the first version of the VOP scheme rulebook developed to support payment service providers (PSPs) in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) that will be required to comply with legal obligations on the verification of a payee in the case of credit transfers as outlined in the proposed EU Instant Payments Regulation (IPR) amending the SEPA Regulation.

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EPC publishes first version of Verification Of Payee Scheme rulebook

Following a public consultation on the proposed Verification Of Payee (VOP) scheme rulebook and the proposed European Payments Council’s (EPC) recommendations for the matching processes under the VOP scheme rulebook, the EPC is launching the first version of the VOP scheme rulebook developed to support payment service providers (PSPs) in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) that will be required to comply with legal obligations on the verification of a payee in the case of credit transfers as outlined in the proposed EU Instant Payments Regulation (IPR) amending the SEPA Regulation.

EBAday 2024: Possibilities and boundaries of the OCT Inst scheme

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EBAday 2024: Possibilities and boundaries of the OCT Inst scheme

Moderating the last panel of the first day of EBAday, Rita Camporeale, vice chair of the European Payments Council led a conversation on the OCT Inst scheme with Daniele Astarita, principal solution consultant of real time payments at ACI Worldwide; Damien Godderis, head of payments industry engagement - payments & receivables - cash management at BNP Paribas; Xavier Herrero, manager operations groups at CaixaBank; and Michael Knetsch, tribe lead instant payments, cash management at Deutsche Bank.

Iberpay and Santander become first particpants in EPC's OCT Inst scheme

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Iberpay and Santander become first particpants in EPC's OCT Inst scheme

Spain's Iberpay and Santander have signed up as the first participants in the European Payment Council's new OCT Inst scheme for faster international account-to-account payments.

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European Payments Council consults on Verification of payee scheme rulebook

Today the European Payments Council (EPC) launches a public consultation on the Verification Of Payee (VOP) scheme rulebook.

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Tink joins SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA) scheme

Market-leading payment services and data enrichment platform, Tink, has entered the official register to become one of the first participants of the European Payments Council’s newly launched SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA) scheme.

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